Seven philosophers, among whom were Simplicius, Eulamius, Priscian, and others, with Damascius, the last president of the Platonist school in Athens at their head, resolved to seek protection at the court of the famous Persian king Chosroes, who had succeeded to the throne in 531.

The second comes from the philosopher Damascius, who not many years afterwards heard that the fighting was so severe " that no one survived except only the leaders on either side and a few followers: but the ghosts of those who fell continued the struggle for three whole days and nights as violently as if they had been alive ; the clash of their arms was clearly audible ".

The case was remitted to the East, and by an imperial commission, dated October 26, 448, Uranius of Himeria, Photius of Tyre, who was elected September 9, 448, on the deposition of Irenaeus, and Eustathius of Beirut were deputed to hear it, and Damascius, the tribune and secretary of state, was dispatched as imperial commissioner.

Photius ( Bibliotheca Codex 242 ) summarizes Damascius as saying further that Asclepius of Beirut was a youth who was fond of hunting.

According to Damascius, during the persecution of the pagans at Alexandria in the late 480's, Ammonius made concessions to the Christian authorities so that he could continue his lectures.

560 ) of Cilicia, was a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and Damascius, and was one of the last of the Neoplatonists.

Simplicius was a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae, and Damascius, and was consequently one of the last members of the Neoplatonist school.

He had received his training partly in Alexandria, under Ammonius, partly in Athens, as a disciple of Damascius ; and it was probably in one of these two cities that he subsequently took up his abode ; for, with the exception of these cities and Constantinople, it would have been difficult to find a town which possessed the collections of books he needed, and he is unlikely to have gone to Constantinople.

In addition, we have to thank him for such copious quotations from the Greek commentaries from the time of Andronicus of Rhodes down to Ammonius and Damascius, that, for the Categories and the Physics, the outlines of a history of the interpretation and criticism of those books may be composed.

" Damascius further tells us that " Isidore, besides simplicity, loved truthfulness especially, and undertook to be straight-talking beyond what was necessary, and had no pretence in himself whatsoever.

The last " Greek " philosophers of the revived Akademia in the 6th century were drawn from various parts of the Hellenistic cultural world and suggest the broad syncretism of the common culture ( see koine ): Five of the seven Akademia philosophers mentioned by Agathias were Syriac in their cultural origin: Hermias and Diogenes ( both from Phoenicia ), Isidorus of Gaza, Damascius of Syria, Iamblichus of Coele-Syria and perhaps even Simplicius of Cilicia.

However, Damascius says that Aether, Erebus and Chaos were siblings, and the offspring of Chronos ( Father Time ).

The heads of the Neoplatonic Academy were Plutarch of Athens, Syrianus, Proclus, Marinus, Isidore, and finally Damascius.

The last " Greek " philosophers of the revived Academy in the 6th century were drawn from various parts of the Hellenistic cultural world and suggest the broad syncretism of the common culture ( see koine ): Five of the seven Academy philosophers mentioned by Agathias were Syriac in their cultural origin: Hermias and Diogenes ( both from Phoenicia ), Isidorus of Gaza, Damascius of Syria, Iamblichus of Coele-Syria and perhaps even Simplicius of Cilicia.

We have no further particulars of the life of Damascius ; we only know that he did not found any new school, and thus Neoplatonist philosophy ended its external existence.

The two most important commentaries on the dialogue that have come down to us from the ancient world are those by Olympiodorus of Alexandria and Damascius of Athens.

Simplicius wrote his commentary on the Physica Auscultatio after the death of Damascius, and therefore after his return from Persia.

Among the disciples of Damascius the most important are Simplicius, the celebrated commentator on Aristotle, and Eulamius.

The writings of Damascius on Time, Space, and Number, cited by Simplicius in his commentary on Aristotle's Physica, are perhaps parts of his commentaries on Aristotle's writings.

* Cosmin Andron: “ Damascius on knowledge and its object ,” Rhizai 1 ( 2004 ) pp. 107 – 124

He also taught Asclepius of Tralles, John Philoponus, Damascius and Simplicius.

The word is also found in Vettius Valens ' Anthology and Damascius ' Principles.

As Platonism developed in the phases commonly called ' middle Platonism ' and neoplatonism, such writers as Plutarch, Porphyry, Proclus, Olympiodorus and Damascius wrote explicitly about the symbolic interpretation of traditional and Orphic myths.

A more recent identification is with Damascius, the last scholarch of the School of Athens.

* Griffith, R., " Neo-Platonism and Christianity: Pseudo-Dionysius and Damascius ", in: Studia patristica XXIX.

One of the last leading figures of this group was Simplicius, a pupil of Damascius, the last head of the Athenian school.

Damascius (;, born in Damascus AD 458, died after AD 538 ), known as " the last of the Neoplatonists ," was the last scholarch of the School of Athens.

Damascius was born in Damascus in Syria, whence he derived his name: his Syrian name is unknown.

In 529 Justinian I closed the school, and Damascius with six of his colleagues sought an asylum, probably in 532, at the court of Khosrau I of Persia.

It is believed that Damascius returned to Alexandria and there devoted himself to the writing of his works.

In this treatise Damascius inquires into the first principle of all things, which he finds to be an unfathomable and unspeakable divine depth, being all in one, but undivided.

Damascius's biography of his teacher Isidore ( perhaps a part of the philosophos historia attributed to Damascius by the Suda ), of which Photius has preserved a considerable fragment.

The evidence of Damascius.

In the third verse ( see above ), the author scolds the materialistic and self-serving robber barons of her day, and urges America to live up to its noble ideals and to honor, with both word and deed, the memory of those who died for their country.

His mother works as a charwoman and routinely complains and scolds her son — the only person who ever does so.

Oona scolds him for being weak ( saying her husband eats such cakes easily ), and feeds one without an iron to McCool, who eats it without trouble.

Delirium's driving warrants attention from a highway patrol officer, who scolds and angers her.

It was her role as the house slave who repeatedly scolds her owner's daughter, Scarlett O ' Hara ( Vivien Leigh ), and scoffs at Rhett Butler ( Clark Gable ), that won McDaniel the 1939 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black American to win an Oscar.

Out on the front lines, Nicholas is visited by his mother the Dowager Empress Maria Foeodorovna ( Irene Worth ), ( who is very outspokenly critical of her son's lack of leadership abilities ), who scolds him about not attending to crumbling domestic issues and implores him to eliminate Rasputin ( as well as to send Alexandra away to one of the royal palaces out of sight ).

On the bus on the way back she meets one of her former friends from the mafia, who scolds her for her careless behavior.

At the end of the novel, Bambi meets with twin fawns who are calling for their mother and he scolds them for not being able to stay alone.

Wives who were seen as witches, shrews and scolds, were forced to wear a brank's bridle, which had been locked on the head of the woman and sometimes had a ring and chain attached to it so her husband could parade her around town and the town's people could scold her and treat her with contempt ; at times smearing excrement on her and beating her, sometimes to death.

Zayd bitterly scolds the " rejectors " ( Rafidha ) who deserted him, an appellation used by Sunnis and Zaydis to refer to Twelver Shi ' ites to this day.

However, the pair get more than they bargained for when first they meet their idol Larry Bird who scolds them for being " fair weather fans " and later end up kidnapping Scott after he wakes up at Jimmy's apartment the next morning.

He added, " please ignore any tiresome scolds who complain that the movie is not really based on fact.

That night, as Andy is playing with the doll – who has introduced himself as " Chucky ", ( via the doll's talking feature, that has been advertised on commercials Andy has seen ) – Karen's friend, Maggie Peterson ( Dinah Manoff ), who is babysitting Andy, scolds him for turning on the evening news and placing Chucky in front of the TV.

Hyacinth claims she is a close friend of the lord and lady who own the manor and scolds the " gardener " for his attitude.

Alma speaks constantly to break the silence, at first about books she is reading and trivial matters, then increasingly about her own anxieties and relationship with her fiancé, Karl-Henrik, who scolds her for lacking ambition – " though not with my career, I suppose in some greater way.

This seat served to punish not only scolds, but also brewers and bakers who sold bad ale or bread, whereas the ducking stool dunked its victim into the water.

As he's walking away from the man, David is confronted by Melinda, who scolds him for his lack of compassion.

The " Sea Hawks ", a group of English privateers who loot Spanish ships for " reparations " appear before the Queen, who scolds them ( at least publicly ) for their piratical attacks and for endangering the peace with Spain.

In unvarying repetition, Whipple scolds customers ( who were mostly women in those days ) who " squeeze the Charmin ," while hypocritically entertaining such actions himself when he thinks no one will notice.

Davis finds it and, unable to bring himself to use the evidence, delivers it to Munson, who scolds Davis for suggesting blackmail but keeps the photograph.